I've decided that for my participation in the Crime Fiction Alphabet in 2012 I will highlight recently read books or their authors.So they'll all come from my 2012 Reviews.
At least that's the plan.
My choice for today is Anne Holt, a Norwegian writer.
At the time of writing, her book 1222 just makes it into my top 10 for the year, with a rating of 4.8.
This is the first book by Anne Holt that I have read, and it certainly won't be the last.Perhaps one of the reasons that I enjoyed it so much is that it is in part a homage to Agatha Christie. Here are 269 train passengers with nowhere to go (169 of them in the hotel 1222), imprisoned by a snow storm, and with little hope of immediate rescue. So when the murder takes place, we have a classic "locked room" mystery.
My full review can be found here.
1222 was shortlisted for the 2012 Edgar Award for Best Novel in a very strong field.
Click on the cover image to read an extract.
6 comments:
Kerrie,
An excellent choice for "A." I have to confess I like those "impossible" mysteries such as we find in 1222. I'm not surprised you liked that novel as much as you did :-)
Have added 1222 to my priority list Kerrie. Thanks for your post
Sounds like a great read! Adding it to my TBR list.
So glad you like Anne Holt and enjoyed 1222. So did I.
I find curmudgeonly Hanne to be quite an interesting character, unusual but compelling.
I'm waiting for more books in this series by Anne Holt to be translated and shipped over here.
I love locked room mysteries! I'll check it out.
I missed that review, will go read now. I just posted, I chose Andrea Kane.
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